Softball

PBC Announces Softball All-Conference Team

Apr 15, 2010

FLORENCE, S.C. – The Peach Belt Conference released the
2010 softball All-Conference team at a banquet in Florence, S.C.,
site of the 2010 PBC Tournament. UNC Pembroke’s Jelena
Shaw was named the PBC Player of the Year while North
Georgia’s Sarah Phillips was the Pitcher of the Year.
UNCP’s Holly Berry was the Freshman of the Year while North
Georgia’s Mike Davenport was named the PBC Coach of the
Year. In all, 32 players were named to either the first or
second team.

Shaw led the PBC in hitting with a .441 batting average in
2010. The senior from Hope Mills, N.C. also led the league in
hits, runs, doubles, total bases and on-base percentage. She
broke the PBC career records for hits, runs scored, at bats, home
runs, total bases and assists this year. Shaw had 11 multi-RBI
contests and had a 19-game hitting streak snapped in the final game
of the regular season. She becomes the first UNCP softball
player to ever be named the PBC Player of the Year.

Sarah Phillips earns her second consecutive PBC Pitcher of the
Year award, becoming only the second PBC player to win the award
twice, the first since Armstrong Atlantic State’s Katya
Eronina in 2003-04. Phillips guided the #1-ranked North
Georgia Saints to a singular season, leading the nation in
wins with a 34-0 record. A junior from Powell, Ohio, she is
the only PBC starting pitcher with an ERA under one at 0.76 and
also leads the league in innings pitched and strikeouts. A
four-time PBC Pitcher of the Week, she is averaging more than a
strikeout per inning and has a nation-best 16 shutouts on the year.

Holly Berry led the PBC in hitting for the majority of the
regular season and finishes the season second in the league with a
.434 average. The newcomer from Seagrove, N.C., was also
named first-team All-Conference at third base after driving in 46
runs, third-best in the PBC, and 62 hits, also third in the
league. Berry also hit eight home runs and collected 11
doubles. She becomes the first UNCP softball player to be
named the Freshman of the Year.

Mike Davenport collects his second PBC Coach of the Year award
after leading North Georgia through a record-breaking 2010
season. North Georgia has been the #1-ranked team in the
nation for the past seven weeks and are the only NCAA softball
team, in Divisions I, II or III, to be undefeated on the
season. Now 41-0 overall and 20-0 in conference play, the
Saints broke Kennesaw State’s PBC record of 40 straight wins
with their sweep of Lander on Wednesday. Now in his
10th season at the school, Davenport broke the 400-win
plateau last week.

The softball all-conference team is listed below as selected by
the league’s head coaches. Coaches were not permitted
to vote for their own players.